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Month: September 2009

Graduate seminar series looks at fetal development

Graduate seminar series looks at fetal development

Do you know that your health at birth determines your lifelong health? Researchers examine the long-term impacts of fetal development during the latest talk in the Graduate Studies Seminar Series on Tuesday, Sept. 29.   The Schulich School of Medicine &  …

Extreme Canadian weather getting worse

Extreme Canadian weather getting worse

It’s true – the weather is getting worse. Southern Ontario’s recent
encounter with deadly twisters was just one extreme event in an
apparently endless string of unusual or record-breaking weather
across Canada.

Business school groundbreaking

Business school groundbreaking

A groundbreaking ceremony for the new $100-million building to
house the Richard Ivey School of Business is scheduled for Thursday
(Sept. 10) at 2 p.m.

Bus service disruptions possible

Bus service disruptions possible

London Transit is advising Western students and others who ride
city transit buses that there could be service disruptions as early
as Thursday, Sept 10.

Video: Live burn shows fire’s fury

Video: Live burn shows fire’s fury

Fire, Fire, Fire – Hey you, get out! The sign greeting more than
2,500 first-year students on University College Hill Tuesday
afternoon said it all, as Western’s Fire Safety and Emergency
Management team, along with London Fire Services, held its second
annual live burn.

Welcome back students!

Welcome back students!

Piles of paper and school supplies, lineups at the campus
bookstore, and bright-eyed students wearing even brighter coloured
T-shirts parading across University Hill are signs the new academic
year is underway.

Six honored by Royal Society

Six honored by Royal Society

The University of Western Ontario has had six more faculty selected
as fellows in the Royal Society of Canada (RSC).

Tsujita wins provincial teaching award

Tsujita wins provincial teaching award

University of Western Ontario assistant professor of Earth Sciences
Cameron Tsujita has been named one of Ontario’s most outstanding
university teachers.

Those blinded by brain injury may still ‘see’

Those blinded by brain injury may still ‘see’

Except in clumsy moments, we rarely knock over the box of cereal or
glass of orange juice as we reach for our morning cup of coffee.
New research at The University of Western Ontario has helped unlock
the mystery of how our brain allows us to avoid these mishaps.

Extreme Canadian weather getting worse

Extreme Canadian weather getting worse

It’s true – the weather is getting worse. Southern Ontario’s recent
encounter with deadly twisters was just one extreme event in an
apparently endless string of unusual or record-breaking weather
across Canada.

Business school groundbreaking

Business school groundbreaking

A groundbreaking ceremony for the new $100-million building to
house the Richard Ivey School of Business is scheduled for Thursday
(Sept. 10) at 2 p.m.

Bus service disruptions possible

Bus service disruptions possible

London Transit is advising Western students and others who ride
city transit buses that there could be service disruptions as early
as Thursday, Sept 10.

Video: Live burn shows fire’s fury

Video: Live burn shows fire’s fury

Fire, Fire, Fire – Hey you, get out! The sign greeting more than
2,500 first-year students on University College Hill Tuesday
afternoon said it all, as Western’s Fire Safety and Emergency
Management team, along with London Fire Services, held its second
annual live burn.

Welcome back students!

Welcome back students!

Piles of paper and school supplies, lineups at the campus
bookstore, and bright-eyed students wearing even brighter coloured
T-shirts parading across University Hill are signs the new academic
year is underway.

Six honored by Royal Society

Six honored by Royal Society

The University of Western Ontario has had six more faculty selected
as fellows in the Royal Society of Canada (RSC).

Tsujita wins provincial teaching award

Tsujita wins provincial teaching award

University of Western Ontario assistant professor of Earth Sciences
Cameron Tsujita has been named one of Ontario’s most outstanding
university teachers.

Those blinded by brain injury may still ‘see’

Those blinded by brain injury may still ‘see’

Except in clumsy moments, we rarely knock over the box of cereal or
glass of orange juice as we reach for our morning cup of coffee.
New research at The University of Western Ontario has helped unlock
the mystery of how our brain allows us to avoid these mishaps.